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GDPR turned five this week — and celebrated in customary style: by slapping Meta with another eye-watering fine.
At a record-breaking €1.2bn, the punishment was the perfect self-gift for the EU regulation. For Meta, however, it marks another miserable anniversary.

more at …
thenextweb.com/news/gdpr-turns

#thenextweb #facebook #fines #gdpr #meta

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Aral Balkan · @aral
34538 followers · 24817 posts · Server mastodon.ar.al

Reminds me of the time when The Next Web, an adtech company, asked me and some other folks to say “I told you so” about Facebook, another adtech company.¹

I said I‘d only do it if I could call them out at the same time. They agreed.

You know why?

Because the fuckers knew they’d still make money from the article regardless.

Bill Hicks said it best… (irony: YouTube link)

youtube.com/watch?v=tHEOGrkhDp

¹ thenextweb.com/news/forced-9-p

#adtech #bigtech #thenextweb #surveillancecapitalism #bullshit

Last updated 1 year ago

Back in 2012, this is how suggested you use the Internet to improve your life. How times have changed! ➡️ thenextweb.com/news/12-tips-to

#changingtimes #improveyourlife #internethistory #thenextweb

Last updated 1 year ago

🎡 ¡The Next Web llegó a Valencia!

👀 Si estás allí hoy a las 13:30, pásate por el stand de Social Nest Foundation donde formaremos parte del conversatorio sobre equitabilidad en las ciudades inteligentes.

#sostenibilidad #smartcities #mesaredonda #eventos #tnw #thenextweb #somosgaia #movilidadsostenible #movilidadelectrica #vehiculoselectricos #vehiculoelectrico #sostenible #cambioclimatico

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Frédéric Véron :mastodon: · @Sangokuss
1459 followers · 19144 posts · Server framapiaf.org